Nice Stuff

We’re all about great Valentine’s Day Gifts here at IWOOT but we appreciate that Valentine’s Day should be as much about sharing an experience with your partner as just buying them something. We have a wide range of Experience Days on IWOOT, including some which are perfect for couples wanting to do something a little bit different together this Valentine’s Day.

Only 28 sleeps ’til Christmas guys! It’s time to step up your game playing Santa and start collecting all your gifts for your loved ones. However, unlike Santa, we know finding the perfect gift can be difficult without some helpful elves, so to make your festive shopping journey a little easier we thought we’d give a shout out to some of our favourite Christmas gift ideas.

It may be cold outside, but the battle against cold weather rages on. We’ve compiled a list of our Top 5 Office Picks that we guarantee will keep you warm and make the perfect Gift this winter. Promise. Did we mention that we’re offering 10% off Winter Warmers until 31/10/13? Shop here: http://bit.ly/17iJ2Nt and Use Code: Cosy

Hot Cookie USB Cup Warmer

We think we’ve found the antidote to cold tea and coffee. The Hot Cookie USB Cup Warmer. Sometimes when you need to take a break – life just gets in the way. So keep your beverage warm until you’re ready to drink it with this USB Cup Warmer. This clever little device will keep your brew warm for up to 30 minutes longer than usual. Just plug the device into your computer or laptop, place your cup on top and enjoy. Here at IWOOT, we’re never short of offering you gift ideas and we think it will make a great Stocking Filler or Birthday Gift.

Now we’ve all committed this crime at one time or another: forgotten about Father’s Day. Here at IWOOT, whether you’ve planned a present well in advance or have left it kind of last minute, we know that we have an amazing Father’s Day gift selection sure to please any Padre. This blog piece is dedicated to you last minute buyers, so don’t panic! We’ve selected five of our personal favourites from our Father’s Day gift selection, just to help you out.

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Every Dad has done this before. It’s only natural for men once they reach a certain age to break one of fashion’s cardinal rules by wearing socks with sandals. Not even short socks, either. Save him the trouble by investing in a pair of these sandal-printed socks, sure to tickle the whole family’s funny bone.

Practically every Father on the planet loves to kick back and relax with a tall, cold pint of beer, whether it be at home or at the pub. Give him a gift that keeps on giving with this Home Microbrewery System by Mr. Beer, so that he can brew his own pints at home for those nights he fancies staying in. Labcoat and goggles optional.

The perfect gift for those Dads that love to get out and about on a golf course when the weather permits it, but we Brits know that is hardly ever the case. This mug is also a nifty little present for a Father that tends to get a little bored at work, but we won’t tell the Boss if you don’t!

What do you get the Father that has everything? Why, Steel Ice Cubes of course! These ingeniously designed cubes freeze faster than your average cube, and with their metal holding, they manage to stay colder for longer as well, guaranteeing your Dad’s drink will get cool and stay cool with the help of these little guys!

When all else fails, go for the classic with twist: the First Class Dad mug. A spin on the original “World’s Best Dad”, this mug is a great way to express how much you appreciate your old man, without things getting on the mushy side. You can never go wrong with a trusty mug.

It’s treat time at IWOOT HQ! We thought it’s time we showed you how much we care. We love that warm, fuzzy feeling we get when we do something nice. So…we are now offering free delivery, a gift wrapping service and new next day delivery option to all our delightful customers.

Avoid unexpected charges with Free UK Delivery!

How frustrating is it when you have carefully handpicked an item, studied it thoroughly, entered every detail you have and then when you arrive at the checkout…delivery costs more than your order? We know everyone loves a freebie so we now deliver all our quirky, crazy and unconventional items FREE!

Last minute gift then pick Next Day delivery!

Whether you’re too excited to wait or in a rush to meet a birthday deadline, our next day delivery has you protected against impatient and excitable buyers or slightly last minute or just in time givers. Choose next day delivery for only £3.95 to guarantee you see the stuff you really, really want as soon as possible.

Pay with PayPal

It’s now even easier and stress free to buy online with IWOOT, you can now pay with PayPal for a seamless transaction. Easy peasey lemon squeezy!

We have gift giving all wrapped up now you can now send your gift directly to the lucky recipient, lusciously wrapped and eagerly awaiting to be ripped open. Armed with Sticky tape, the gift-wrapping fairies at IWOOT towers are primed and ready to go! We know the score, love buying presents, hate wrapping them up. Whether you’re sending a gift to someone extra special or simply too busy to do it yourself, send it laced with IWOOT’s tender love and care for only £3.49.

It’s been three years since the awesome Po the Panda hit the silver screen and tried to bring peace to his land in ‘Kung Fu Panda’. Well now he’s back with a double dose of awesomeness.

To celebrate the release of Kung Fu Panda 2 we’ve got a really cool bundle of film merchandise to give away plus 4 tickets to Pandamonium in the Park in July for one lucky winner. For a chance to win just answer this question as a comment below the post:

Plus a family ticket to Pandamonium in the Park*, a day-long event, organised by Sainsbury’s and DreamWorks Animation, guaranteed to entertain the whole family; you’ll meet Po, the star of the film, enjoy an outdoor concert by the esteemed composers from the movie, Hans Zimmer and John Powell and discover a world of Chinese culture including shows by The Chen brothers who are Chinese Lion Dance Champions and the Shaolin Monks, stilt walkers, Chinese kite fliers, martial art demonstrations, face painters, calligraphers and more. This event is held near Northampton and a family ticket is worth £45**.

Competition ends 20th June 2011. One winner will be picked and notified shortly after this date. Open to UK residents only.
*SAINSBURY’S ‘PANDAMONIUM IN THE PARK’ EVENT at Althorp Estate, Saturday July 9th from 11.30am to 6.30pm. Purchase tickets to the event from Sainsbury’s here: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/panda
**Family ticket includes 2 adult and 2 child tickets. Travel costs are not included in the prize.

More about the movie: Po fulfilled his dream of becoming dragon warrior and protecting his peaceful homeland in the first movie, so what could possibly go wrong in Kung Fu Panda 2? Villains, that’s what! A fearsome baddie plans to conquer china and rid the world of Kung Fu and it’s down to Po to find inner strength to stop him. In cinemas from June 10th (Cert. PG), the latest movie from DreamWorks features a huge array of celebrity voices including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu and many more.

As grateful sons and daughters across the country should know only too well, June 19 is Father’s Day, a day to honour the perennially grumpy, DIY obsessed, eternally lawn mowing head of your household.

Now we know not all of you banked on having to buy your Dad a Gift this year, but given that we all survived the Rapture, our attention now focuses on showing that ‘old geezer’ in the armchair that we love and care for him (probably thrusting a present into his hands on his way to the fridge before the Grand Prix starts)

So from heart warming gifts to simple token gestures here at IWOOT towers we have compiled some great gift ideas suitable for all types of Daddy, Father, male parent, pops, papa, poppy!

Common Traits: King of the Bad jokes, dodgy dancing and cringe-making discussions about sex a retro Dad is a creature from the bye–gone age to commonly found driving a Ford Capri, sucking liquorice whirls, wearing turn ups and reading Viz they love to pick you up from a groovy party and talk with your friends.

Common Traits: He continues to monitor your development on a high chart despite you leaving home some years ago the geeky dad built you a tree house using mathematical precision and gave you an abacus for your first birthday. His enthusiasm for comics, World Cinema, toys and Japan qualify him as one of the biggest geeks around.

Common Traits: There are plenty of Dad’s who can just about turn on the computer, but not tech dad. Tech Dad wants every gadget going whether it’s too look cool in front of his mates or ‘cos he think it’ll make life easier. The fact he’s got a bunch of gadgets relegated to the spare room after they’ve been used once or twice is besides the point. Only the newest gadgets will do.

Common Traits: The executive dad is a workaholic and desperate to give his children the chances he never had. Jet setting, swarve, sophisticated or simply in a flap these dads often need a hand relaxing, unwinding and throwing their golf clubs in the back of the company car.

Common Traits: Daredevil dads with a zest for life these outdoor dads are good at pitching a tent and rustling up a bonza bbq! Up at the crack of dawn to get you to your swimming lessons, ballet practice and piano tuition these dads are full on and ready to dive in!

It’s that time of the month again. No not that time of the month, but the time of the month where we pick our product review winner… What did you think we were on about?! Without a doubt the winner this month is Alex who wrote a review of the QU-AX Unicycle and also uploaded photos of his son having a really good attempt at looking controlled and dignified on it. We’re impressed. It’s certainly a lot better than any of us lot could do.

If you’ve got any photos of you using your IWOOT product then why not upload it to our Facebook page. We’ll soon be launching the functionality to upload photos on the product pages again like the olden days so watch this space…

My son purchased one of these out of money he had saved from selling his old toys. He is mad about unicycling and really wanted his own when we came across this decision was instant. Excellent item cheaper than everywhere else and very strong unicycle lovely condition really well made very strong. The added bonus of 2 seat posts so unicycle can grow along with user is fantastic. My son has since recommended this to all his friends as he is well and truly happy.”

We can’t get enough of these fuming fowls whether it’s on the iPhone or the cuddly, all most real-life versions, but having seen these cupcakes (check out all the other attempts on Google: search ‘Angry Birds cupcakes’) we’re now partially obsessed with eating a cupcake with an Angry Bird on it.

Just how geeky do you consider yourself? Upload a photo of you being your usual geeky self to our Facebook page here: facebook.com/iwantoneofthose and you’ll be in with a chance of winning a geeky prize bundle of amazingness worth £150. Criteria: the geekier the photo, the better.

::Geek Giveaway::

Win a prize a day – there’ll be a new quiz question on our Facebook & Twitter pages every day in the run up to Geek Pride Day. Answer the question each day and you’ll have a chance of winning vouchers, Talking Yoda’s, cameras and more.

The important picking of winners blurb: Two lucky winners will be picked for the photo competition based on the best photo uploaded to our Facebook page after the 26th May. Winners of the daily quiz will be picked after the 26th May. Some spot prizes may also be given at random.